stephen miles

Senior Consultant

Stephen brings a wealth of experience to every engagement, having owned and operated four successful businesses and worked within State and Federal Government agencies, large ASX listed corporations and private sector. Over the last 30 years, Stephen has had roles in Operations, Safety, Human Resources, Strategy and Business Performance within the Aviation, Emergency Services, Heavy Haul Rail, Transport & Logistics, Manufacturing, and Small Business Franchising sectors.

Stephen brings his broad perspective to deliver efficient, effective but most importantly, workable solutions, to produce sustainable and lasting organisational value. He subscribes to the philosophy of ‘making the complex, simple and the simple, compelling’.

Stephen is a practical, hands-on, compassionate, and engaging leader who has delivered transformational safety and cultural change programs to very large, technically oriented, geographically dispersed, and highly unionised workforces, particularly within high-risk environments. Stephen has coached and mentored executives and line leaders to develop and implement operational safety strategy, build team capability, and exhibit credible safety leadership.

He is an engaging communicator whose ‘lived experience’ allows him to connect quickly with all stakeholders, transfer knowledge, and harness the organisation’s human potential.

With tertiary qualifications in Business (Logistics & Supply Chain Management), permits in high-risk work and training in Agile change management, coaching, transformational leadership, negotiation, Neuroscience, Mindfulness, and mental health first aid (MHFA).